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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

ovatio

, fr.

ovare

to exult, rejoice, triumph in an ovation; cf. Gr. [GREEK] to shout: cf. F.

ovation

(Rom. Antiq.)

A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

Hence:

An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite.

To rain an April of

ovation

round
Their statues.

Tennyson.

Noun.

[L. ovatio.] In Roman antiquity, a lesser triumph allowed to commanders who had conquered without blood, or defeated an inconsiderable enemy.